Montana Code 50-16-711. Health care facility and emergency services organization responsibilities for tracking exposure to infectious disease
50-16-711. Health care facility and emergency services organization responsibilities for tracking exposure to infectious disease. (1) The health care facility and the emergency services organization shall develop internal procedures for implementing the provisions of this part and department rules.
Terms Used In Montana Code 50-16-711
- Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 50-16-701
- Designated officer: means the emergency services organization's representative and the alternate whose names are on record with the department as the persons responsible for notifying an emergency services provider of exposure. See Montana Code 50-16-701
- Emergency services organization: means a public or private organization that provides emergency services to the public. See Montana Code 50-16-701
- Exposure: means the subjecting of a person to a risk of transmission of an infectious disease through the commingling of the blood or bodily fluids of the person and a patient or in another manner as defined by department rule. See Montana Code 50-16-701
- Health care facility: has the meaning provided in 50-5-101 and includes a public health center as defined in 7-34-2102. See Montana Code 50-16-701
- Infectious disease: means human immunodeficiency virus infection, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis D, communicable pulmonary tuberculosis, meningococcal meningitis, and any other disease capable of being transmitted through an exposure that has been designated by department rule. See Montana Code 50-16-701
- Infectious disease control officer: means the person designated by the health care facility as the person who is responsible for notifying the emergency services provider's designated officer and the department of an infectious disease as provided for in this part and by rule. See Montana Code 50-16-701
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(2)The health care facility must have available at all times a person to receive the form provided for in 50-16-702 containing a report of exposure to infectious disease.
(3)The health care facility shall designate an infectious disease control officer and an alternate who will be responsible for maintaining the required records and notifying designated officers in accordance with the provisions of this part and the rules promulgated under this part and shall provide the names of the designated officer and the alternate to the department.
(4)The emergency services organization shall name a designated officer and an alternate and shall provide their names to the department.